Summer Paradise in December
Ch. 11 – Searching for Her
Seth jogged over to Marissa and Ryan's bungalow and started pounding on the door. Marissa answered the door clearly annoyed.
"What Seth?" She asked impatiently.
"Do you know which room Summer checked into?" Seth asked Marissa.
"What do you mean Summer checked into another room?!" Marissa questioned impetuously.
"Summer and I got into a fight. Obviously you know that. Then I went back to our room to pack up my stuff and move and there was this note on my duffle bag that said she was getting a room and some other things", Seth said all in one breath.
"What kinds of other things", Marissa questioned playfully.
"Not important right now", Seth said. "I mean didn't she tell you that she was going? I mean you are her best friend. I can't believe she wouldn't tell you. That's weird. I mean even Summer – "
"Seth!" Marissa shouted over his rambling. "I do not know where Summer is."
"Well we need to find her. Like now." Seth demanded.
"Well obviously she doesn't want us to know where she is if she didn't tell any of us where she was going", Ryan stated as if it were that easy.
"Well I need to talk to her. So I'm gonna go find her. And you guys can come if you want to", Seth offered.
"We don't all need to go, so Seth, you go look for her and Ryan and I will stay here in case she calls or comes back", Marissa said.
"Ok", Seth agreed. "But Marissa you should call her on her cell phone first and try to talk to her. I'd call but if she sees my name on the caller ID she might not answer the phone."
Having said all of that Seth turned around and walked quickly toward the hotel lobby.
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Summer sat in her new room and started to unpack her things from her suitcase. She finished hanging up her clothes in the closet and walked over to the king size bed which sat in the middle of the room. She flopped down and flipped on the TV using the remote control. News, click, Barney, click, more news, click, People's Court, click, Trading Spaces. She stopped flipping through the channels and decided on Trading Spaces. Seth would have never let her watch Trading Spaces. They would always fight with each other over what channel to watch. They would flip back and forth between Cartoon Network and MTV most of the time. Seth had never liked MTV because all they showed in his opinion were music videos made by teeny bopper pop idols like Britney Spears. She missed their constant channel flipping. She missed their witty banter. She missed the fact that all of their petty little fights wound up turning into full on make out sessions. But most of all she missed Seth. She wanted to talk to him so badly, but she knew that he would not want to talk to her. She wondered again to herself why she had been so stupid.
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Seth bounded up to the front desk of the main lobby and tapped his foot impatiently while he waited to be helped by the hotel clerk behind the counter, who was on the phone. She hung up the cordless phone and looked up at Seth.
"Hello. How may I help you today?" she greeted in a mock sincere tone.
"Uhh", Seth hesitated. "My sister is staying here, and I, uhh, wanted to surprise her" Seth lied. "Could I get her room number?"
"Sir", the lady began. "This hotel has a policy. We do not give out occupants' room number without manager consent", she said firmly.
"I know, but It's her wedding tomorrow, and I told her that I wasn't going to be able to make it. And she will be elated when she sees me here", Seth looked at her pleadingly. "Couldn't you just bend the rules just this once?"
"Ok", the lady finally gave in. "But you didn't get the information from me. My boss would kill me. What's her name?"
"It should be under Roberts. Summer Roberts", Seth informed the lady.
She typed the name into her database, the keys making a clicking noise as she went along. "Room 617", she finally said.
"Thanks", Seth said gratefully as he ran away from the desk and across the lobby to the elevator.
Seth urgently pressed the up button for the elevator thinking that that would make it come faster. After what seemed like hours the elevator door finally opened. Seth stepped in and again resumed pressing the button for the sixth floor furiously. The elevator doors closed and the elevator started to move slowly upward. After thirty seconds the elevator doors opened again and Seth stepped out and jogged down the halls to find room 617. He finally came to it after passing about thirty rooms. He knocked on the door anxiously several times and the door flung open.
"God one knock will do", Summer said without looking up. She stopped talking when she saw Seth. "Hi, Seth", Summer said hesitantly.
"Hi Summer", Seth said out of breath. "We need to talk."
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A/N- Haha, cliff hanger. I am truly evil. jk. Tell me what you though of that chapter. I know that it is short but I didn't know what to write about. Its kinda just a filler chapter till Seth and Summer get back together. Plus I kinda wrote this at school in between classes so, forgive me if its not my best chapter yet, which I know its not. Also, jus wondering, should I continue this story after the gang gets back from Christmas break or should I jus turn that into a sequel. Tell me your thoughts and don't forget to review. Thanks!!